Multiple police cars were seen scrambling to the central London site after a man in his 20s was stabbed

Air ambulance crew takes off by Brunswick Centre after stabbing

Police put a cordon around shops and restaurants in the area, which remained open after the alleged machete assault.

Cops confirmed the attack carried out by a gang of youths was not terror related.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Police were called at approximately 19:45hrs on Friday, 9 June to reports of a number of people on mopeds involved in a disturbance in the vicinity of the Brunswick Centre, WC1.

"Officers, London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance attended and found a man, believed aged in his 20s, suffering a stab wound.

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